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Plast (Russian: Пласт) is a town and the administrative center of Plastovsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains in the upper basin of the Uy River, 127 kilometers (79 mi) southwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 17,342 (2010 Census); 17,422 (2002 Census); 18,880 (1989 Census).
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Map of Plast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
History
It was founded as a gold mine in the mid-19th century. Town status was granted to it on October 7, 1940.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Plast serves as the administrative center of Plastovsky District. As an administrative division, it is, together with one rural locality (the khutor of Pchelnik), incorporated within Plastovsky District as the Town of Plast. As a municipal division, the Town of Plast is incorporated within Plastovsky Municipal District as Plastovskoye Urban Settlement.
Sport
The interest for bandy has been resumed and the team Metallurg participated in 2015 in the championship for Chelyabinsk Oblast for boys born 2000-02.[1]